Are you getting bored with plain rice? Would you like to add flavor to your rice with cummins seeds, cashews, and so on? Yes, I’m talking about Jeera Rice, my favorite, along with chicken gravy especially. Follow the instruction to do it yourself and enjoy the flavored rice.

Preparation Time: 5 mins	Recipe Servings: 2
Cook Time: 25 mins	Download Recipe
Total Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup Basmati Rice
2. 1 tbsp Ghee
3. 1 tbsp Oil
4. One inch-sized Cinnamon
5. Two pods Cardamom
6. Two cloves
7. 10 Cashews
8. 1 tsp Cumin seeds
9. 2 Green chilly [with slit]
10. 1.5 cups Water
11. Salt
12. 2 tbsp Coriander Leaves [Finely chopped]

Step 1 – Rice Pre-preparation:

Get 1 cup of basmati rice in a bowl. Wash and soak it for 30 minutes. Keep the stuff aside.

Step 2 – Making Jeera (Zeera) Rice:

Get a pressure cooker and heat it with medium heat. Pour 1 tbsp of ghee and 1 tbsp of oil in it. Additionally, add one inch-sized cinnamon, two pods of cardamom, two cloves, and mix it. Take ten pieces of broken cashews and fry it for a minute until the cashew turns light golden brown. Add the critical ingredient, 1 tsp of cumin seeds, and fry it until you feel this mixture’s aroma.

Put two green chilly with the slit. You add the soaked basmati rice and fry for a minute. Just pour 1.5 cups of water into it and your preferred level of salt. Mix it well. Increase the flame to medium-high heat and close the pressure with placed weight. Wait for three whistles, and the jeera rice is cooked well. Add 2 tbsp of finely chopped coriander leaves and spread it all over. Now the jeera rice is ready for serving. Enjoy it along with chicken gravy.

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Today, let me tell you what I tried this weekend. PalKova, a milk-based sweet recipe that is creamy and rich in taste; try this out yourself and enjoy it with your family.

Preparation Time: 10 mins	Recipe Servings: 4
Cook Time: 60 mins	Download Recipe
Total Time: 70 mins

Ingredients:

1. One liter Boiled Milk [Preferably cow milk]
2. 1 cup Lactoderm [Paal aadai]
3. 2 tsp Rava/Semolina
4. 4 tbsp Sugar
5. 2 tsp Ghee
6. Some Saffron [optional]

These ingredients yield 1/2 kg of Palkova.

Step 1 – Making Palkova:

Take a pan and add one liter of boiled milk. Preferably, opt for cow milk. Add one cup of lactoderm to it. In Tamil, it is called “Paal aadai”. Turn on the flame at medium heat. Stir it occasionally at the initial stage till the milk reduces to half level. Scrap the edges and keep stirring hereafter to avoid sticking and burning of the mixture throughout the process. Add 2tsp of semolina and reduce the flame to low heat.

Stir it for 5 to 6 minutes continuously. Add 4 tbsp of sugar and mix it well. However, you can add sugar based on your preferred level. Add 1 tsp of ghee and keep stirring for some time. Optionally, add a few saffrons and keep mixing it. Add 1 tbsp of ghee again. Continuously keep stirring until the mixture separates from the pan. Now the palkova sweet is ready to enjoy!

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Would you like to prepare chicken gravy easily in 45 minutes? This recipe is the right combination for rice or roti, of course. Let me tell you the know-how now.

Preparation Time: 5 mins	Recipe Servings: 4
Cook Time: 40 mins	Download Recipe
Total Time: 45 mins

Ingredients for Chicken Gravy:

1. 500g Chicken
2. 1.5 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
3. 4 tbsp Oil
4. 2 tsp Red Chilly Powder
5. 3 Onions [medium-sized as a fine paste]
6. 3 Green Chilly [crushed]
7. One Tomato [finely chopped]
8. 1.5 tbsp Curd/yogurt
9. 1 cup Coconut Milk
10. Salt
11. 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
12. 1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
13. 2 tbsp Coriander Leaves [finely chopped]

Chicken Pre-Preparation:

Take 500g of boned chicken of medium-size in a bowl and wash with turmeric powder. Add 1.5 tbsp of ginger garlic paste and mix it well. There is no need to marinate the chicken for this recipe. Keep it aside.

Making Chicken Gravy:

Take a pan and turn on the flame with medium heat. Add 4 tbsp of oil with 2 tsp of chilly red powder. Fry it for just 10 to 15 seconds to avoid burning the chilly red powder. Or otherwise, it spoils the recipe. Add those prepared chicken pieces coated with ginger garlic paste. Cook it for 5 to 6 minutes. Add 3 medium-sized onions as a fine paste. Additionally, add three crushed green chilly and one finely chopped tomato. Cook it for 10 to 12 minutes and look for oil separation.

Pour 1.5 tbsp of curd/yogurt and mix it. Add 1 cup of coconut milk, required salt, 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder to it. Now cover with a lid and cook for another 15 to 20 minutes.

Sprinkle some water over the sides. Add 1/2 tsp of garam masala powder and 2 tbsp of finely chopped coriander leaves. Reduce the flame to low heat and finally cook for 5 minutes with the covered lid. Now the chicken gravy is ready!

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As a Deepavali series, this time, I share with you the know-how of preparing Jaggery Rice. This recipe is a better option during the festival season, and it is sweet. Come, let’s start preparing it.

Preparation Time: 10 mins	Recipe Servings: 4
Cook Time: 40 mins	Download Recipe
Total Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

1. One cup Jaggery
2. 3 tbsp Ghee
3. One inch-sized Cinnamon
4. 2 Cloves
5. 2 Cardamom
6. 15-20 Cashews
7. 1/2 cup Coconut [as small pieces]
8. 15-20 Raisins
9. 3 and 1/4 cups Water
10. 1 cup Raw Rice [washed]

Step 1 – Jaggery Rice Pre-preparation:

Take a pan and add 1 cup of jaggery with 1/4 cup of water. Turn the flame on with low heat. Cook the jaggery well until it dissolves. Filter the juice of it in a bowl and keep it aside.

Step 2 – Making Jaggery Rice:

Retake a pan and heat at medium heat. Get 3 tbsp of ghee in a pan. Add one inch-sized cinnamon, two cloves, two cardamoms, 15 to 20 cashews, and fry for a minute. Take 1/2 cup of coconut and cut into small pieces. Add and mix it. Add 15 to 20 raisins and cook the mixture until the raisins blow up.

Pour 3 cups of water and let it boil. Add the washed raw rice of 1 cup once it starts boiling. You can use basmati rice too. Stir it occasionally and let the rice cook thoroughly. Pour the melted jagger as made earlier on to it and mix well. Cover with lid and cook for 15 to 20 minutes at reduced low heat and turn off the flame. Let the jaggery rice cool down, and it is ready to serve!

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As the Indian Festival “Deepavali” approaches, everyone wishes to have a sweet snack. Today I’m going to share the recipe for donut without white flour. Try and add this to your to-do list on the occasion of Deepavali.

Preparation Time: 25 mins	Recipe Servings: 4
Cook Time: 20 mins	Download Recipe
Total Time: 45 mins

Ingredients for Rice Flour Donut:

1. 3/4 cup Sugar
2. Six pods Cardamom
3. 2 cups Rice Flour
4. 3 Eggs
5. 50g Ghee
6. 1/4 tsp Salt
7. Water [As needed]
8. Oil [for deep frying]

Making powdered Sugar:

Take a mixie jar and add 3/4 cup of sugar along with six pods of cardamom. Mix it to get powdered stuff and keep it aside.

Dough Preparation:

Get a bowl ready. Add 2 cups of rice flour and prepared powder stuff in the bowl. Add three eggs and 50g of ghee to the mixture. Add 1/4 tsp of salt and start kneading it.

Add water then and there during the kneading process to get the dough better. Keep the dough aside for 10-15 minutes. Again knead it for one more minute before making as a donut-shaped confection. Preferably make a medium-sized confection. I got 12 pieces of confections with my preferred size.

Making Donut:

Take a pan and heat it at medium heat. Add oil for deep frying. Once heated, put the donut-shaped confections batch by batch depends on your pan size. I fry three pieces at a time with my pan. Fry until it turns golden brown. Likewise, fry all the confections. Now, the rice flour donut is ready to serve!

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Let me tell you how to prepare eggless wheat flour cake. This recipe needs no maida, no egg, no sugar, and no butter. You can make it in 25 minutes without an oven. Let us start now.

Preparation Time: 5 mins	Recipe Servings: 4
Cook Time: 30 mins	Download Recipe
Total Time: 35 mins

Ingredients for making Wheat Flour Cake:

1. 2 tbsp chopped Cashews
2. 2 tbsp chopped Almonds
3. 3/4 tsp Wheat Flour
4. 1/2 cup Jaggery
5. 1/4 cup Curd/Yogurt
6. 1/4 cup Refined Oil
7. 1 cup Wheat Flour
8. 1 tsp Baking Powder
9. 1/2 cup Water
10. 1 tsp Vanilla Essence [Optional]

Step 1 – Making Cake Batter:

Initially, you’ve to prepare is the batter. Take two tbsp of chopped cashew nuts and 1 tbsp of chopped almonds in a bowl. You can use any nuts of your choice. Add 3/4 tsp of wheat flour and mix it well to avoid sinking at the bottom of the batter. Keep this mixture aside for later use.

Take another bowl and add1/2 cup of jaggery along with 1/4 cup of curd/yogurt. Pour 1/4 cup of refined oil. Whisk it well until the jaggery dissolves.

Get 1 cup of wheat flour and 1 tsp of baking powder filtered with a sieve to remove and avoid lumps later. Mix it well and add 1/4 cup of water each time in two batches. Now add the mixture prepared at initial stage. Optionally, you can add 1 tsp of vanilla essence. Mix it well and keep it aside.

Take a pan bowl and grease it with oil. Scatter some flour over it. Swirl the pan to coat flour on all sides. Pour the prepared cake batter and top with 1 tbsp of chopped almonds. Now the cake batter is ready for baking.

Step 2 – Making Wheat Flour Cake:

Preheat the pan for 5 minutes at medium-high heat. Use some round steel frame to ensure the indirect heating of the subject. Place the pan bowl over the frame. Cover the pan and cook for 25 to 30 minutes with reduced medium heat. Please turn off the flame and let it cool down. Now the egg-less wheat flour cake is ready for serving. Enjoy it during snack time.

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